The 1891–92 Football Alliance was the third and final season of the
Football Alliance, an
association football league which was set up in England as an alternative to
the Football League, which had begun in the
1888–89 season.
Three new clubs joined the Football Alliance, following the expansion of the Football League to 14 teams, and the defection of
Sunderland Albion to the
Northern League Northern League may refer to:
Sport
Baseball
* Northern League (baseball, 1902–71), a name used by several minor leagues that operated in the upper midwestern U.S. and Manitoba from 1902 to 1971
* Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010), an indep ...
. These new teams were
Ardwick
Ardwick is a district of Manchester in North West England, one mile south east of the city centre. The population of the Ardwick Ward at the 2011 census was 19,250.
Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from ...
(later Manchester City),
Burton Swifts
Burton Swifts Football Club was a football club based in Burton upon Trent, England. Established in 1871, the club joined the Football League in 1892, remaining members until merging with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United in 1901.
History ...
and
Lincoln City.
At the end of the season the Football Alliance was disbanded and merged with the Football League, which was expanded to two divisions. Champions
Nottingham Forest together with
Newton Heath and
The Wednesday were elected to the enlarged sixteen-team
First Division. The remaining teams were joined by
Northwich Victoria
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, static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg
, static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church
, official_name = Northwich
, country ...
,
Burslem Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...
and
Sheffield United to form a twelve-team
Second Division. However,
Birmingham St George's
Birmingham St. George's F.C. was a football club based in Smethwick, England. The club started as St George's FC in Aston, before moving to the Cape Hill brewery in 1886 under the name Mitchell St George's.
Ancestry
The club's origin was in tw ...
disbanded at the end of the season due to financial problems.
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Final league table
Results
Election to the Football League
Two new clubs were elected to the Football League in the re-election process. West Bromwich Albion, although finishing in the bottom four teams of the Football League, were not required to seek re-election as they were the FA Cup holders. Two of the other three teams were duly re-elected. As a result, three new teams were elected to the League. The voting went as follows:Birmingham St George's
Birmingham St. George's F.C. was a football club based in Smethwick, England. The club started as St George's FC in Aston, before moving to the Cape Hill brewery in 1886 under the name Mitchell St George's.
Ancestry
The club's origin was in tw ...
(who disbanded due to financial problems).
See also
* 1891-92 in English football
* 1891 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
Events
* Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.
Clubs founded in 1891 Denmark
*Vejle Boldklub
England
* Har ...
* 1892 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1892 throughout the world.
Events Clubs founded in 1892 Chile
*Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers
Czech Republic
*Slavia Prague
England
*Bromley F.C.
* Droylsden F.C.
*Liverpool F. ...
References
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